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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 08:05 AM
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1. It's part of the Obama revolution
Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 08:09 AM by The Wizard
Call it the new Zeitgeist. The convict is losing power as an urban icon, being replaced by dignified civility.
Way back in the early sixties many teens liked to dress like the gangsters of the day. It all seemed so hip and glamorous. Then the Vietnam War came and realigned sensibilities. Those who hung on to the gangster look came to be called bubblegum gangsters.
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